Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
A three-year doctoral scholarship for humanities and social sciences students, pairing substantial stipend support with a separate annual research and travel allowance and a structured leadership and mentorship program. Research must connect to one of the Foundation's founding themes, which centre on public engagement and pressing social questions, making it a strong fit for social work doctoral work on inequality, rights or community wellbeing. Roughly fifteen scholars are selected each cycle.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (per year)Published in Canadian dollars: up to CAD $50,000 per year for three years for tuition and living expenses, plus up to CAD $20,000 per year for research and travel. Numeric fields left null because the amount is not in USD.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · NovNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.An annual competition, historically with a mid-to-late November deadline. The scholarship page fetched here does not publish the deadline date, so no specific date is recorded; check the Foundation's competition announcement for the current cycle.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Open to doctoral students working in the humanities and social sciences, including candidates in business schools, public health and law, whose research aligns with one or more of the Foundation's four founding themes. The scholarship is held by the individual doctoral candidate through their university, not by an organisation. The scholarship landing page does not itself state citizenship or year-of-study requirements, so confirm those against the Foundation's current competition guidelines before applying.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- doctoral scholarship · leadership development · engaged scholarship · canada
- Apply at
- https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/scholarship/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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